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Intersecting M-branes as Four-Dimensional Black Holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-07-09 v4

Abstract

We present two 1/8 supersymmetric intersecting p-brane solutions of 11-dimensional supergravity which upon compactification to four dimensions reduce to extremal dyonic black holes with finite area of horizon. The first solution is a configuration of three intersecting 5-branes with an extra momentum flow along the common string. The second describes a system of two 2-branes and two 5-branes. Related (by compactification and T-duality) solution of type IIB theory corresponds to a completely symmetric configuration of four intersecting 3-branes. We suggest methods for counting the BPS degeneracy of three intersecting 5-branes which, in the macroscopic limit, reproduce the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9604166,
  title  = {Intersecting M-branes as Four-Dimensional Black Holes},
  author = {I. R. Klebanov and A. A. Tseytlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9604166},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages, harvmac; a reference added (the version to appear in Nulcear Physics B)

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